WA SB 5181
died on adjournmentAmending the parents rights initiative to bring it into alignment with existing law.
Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper
Quick answers
Did WA SB 5181 pass?
No. WA SB 5181 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-01-12): Senate Rules "X" file.
What is WA SB 5181 about?
WA SB 5181 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Amending the parents rights initiative to bring it into alignment with existing law.”.
Who sponsors WA SB 5181?
C. Wilson is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5181, joined by 9 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-01-12 — Senate Rules "X" file.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- C. Wilsonprimary
- Trudeaucosponsor
- Stanfordcosponsor
- Noblescosponsor
- Lovickcosponsor
- Wellmancosponsor
- Framecosponsor
- Dhingracosponsor
- Pedersencosponsor
- Liiascosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-01-08
Prefiled for introduction.
filing
2025-01-13
First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-01-21
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM.
2025-01-23
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
2025-01-23
EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-01-23
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-01-24
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-01-29
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2025-02-05
1st substitute bill substituted (EDU 25).
substitution
2025-02-05
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2025-02-05
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-02-05
Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2025-02-07
First reading, referred to Education.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-24
Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
2025-03-31
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
2025-03-31
ED - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-31
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-04-02
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-04-10
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2025-04-14
Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
2025-04-14
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-04-14
Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 3.
reading-3
2025-04-27
Returned to Senate Rules 3.
2026-01-12
Senate Rules "X" file.
Versions
Documents
Votes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10)
2025-02-05 · pass · 30-19
Member-level votes (49)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: no
- Braun: no
- Chapman: yes
- Christian: no
- Cleveland: yes
- Conway: yes
- Cortes: yes
- Dhingra: yes
- Dozier: no
- Fortunato: no
- Frame: yes
- Gildon: no
- Goehner: no
- Hansen: yes
- Harris: no
- Hasegawa: yes
- Holy: no
- Kauffman: yes
- King: no
- Krishnadasan: yes
- Liias: yes
- Lovelett: yes
- Lovick: yes
- MacEwen: no
- McCune: no
- Muzzall: no
- Nobles: yes
- Orwall: yes
- Pedersen: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Riccelli: yes
- Robinson: yes
- Saldaña: yes
- Salomon: yes
- Schoesler: no
- Shewmake: yes
- Short: no
- Slatter: yes
- Stanford: yes
- Torres: no
- Trudeau: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Wagoner: no
- Warnick: no
- Wellman: yes
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: no
Postpone Indefinitely (#12)
2025-04-14 · fail · 38-58
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: yes
- Abell: yes
- Barkis: yes
- Barnard: yes
- Berg: no
- Bergquist: no
- Bernbaum: no
- Berry: no
- Bronoske: no
- Burnett: yes
- Callan: no
- Chase: yes
- Connors: yes
- Corry: yes
- Cortes: no
- Couture: yes
- Davis: no
- Dent: yes
- Doglio: no
- Donaghy: no
- Duerr: no
- Dufault: yes
- Dye: yes
- Engell: yes
- Entenman: no
- Eslick: yes
- Farivar: no
- Fey: no
- Fitzgibbon: no
- Fosse: no
- Goodman: no
- Graham: yes
- Gregerson: no
- Griffey: yes
- Hackney: no
- Hill: no
- Hunt: no
- Jacobsen: yes
- Jinkins: no
- Keaton: yes
- Klicker: yes
- Kloba: other
- Leavitt: no
- Lekanoff: no
- Ley: yes
- Low: yes
- Macri: no
- Manjarrez: yes
- Marshall: yes
- McClintock: yes
- McEntire: yes
- Mena: no
- Mendoza: other
- Morgan: no
- Nance: no
- Obras: no
- Orcutt: yes
- Ormsby: no
- Ortiz-Self: no
- Parshley: no
- Paul: no
- Penner: yes
- Peterson: no
- Pollet: no
- Ramel: no
- Reed: no
- Reeves: no
- Richards: no
- Rude: yes
- Rule: no
- Ryu: no
- Salahuddin: no
- Santos: no
- Schmick: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Scott: no
- Shavers: no
- Simmons: no
- Springer: no
- Stearns: no
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: yes
- Stonier: no
- Street: no
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: no
- Thai: no
- Tharinger: no
- Thomas: no
- Timmons: no
- Valdez: yes
- Volz: yes
- Walen: no
- Walsh: yes
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: no
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: no
1153 Volz Pg 4 Ln 14 (#13)
2025-04-14 · fail · 38-58
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: yes
- Abell: yes
- Barkis: yes
- Barnard: yes
- Berg: no
- Bergquist: no
- Bernbaum: no
- Berry: no
- Bronoske: no
- Burnett: yes
- Callan: no
- Chase: yes
- Connors: yes
- Corry: yes
- Cortes: no
- Couture: yes
- Davis: no
- Dent: yes
- Doglio: no
- Donaghy: no
- Duerr: no
- Dufault: yes
- Dye: yes
- Engell: yes
- Entenman: no
- Eslick: yes
- Farivar: no
- Fey: no
- Fitzgibbon: no
- Fosse: no
- Goodman: no
- Graham: yes
- Gregerson: no
- Griffey: yes
- Hackney: no
- Hill: no
- Hunt: no
- Jacobsen: yes
- Jinkins: no
- Keaton: yes
- Klicker: yes
- Kloba: other
- Leavitt: no
- Lekanoff: no
- Ley: yes
- Low: yes
- Macri: no
- Manjarrez: yes
- Marshall: yes
- McClintock: yes
- McEntire: yes
- Mena: no
- Mendoza: other
- Morgan: no
- Nance: no
- Obras: no
- Orcutt: yes
- Ormsby: no
- Ortiz-Self: no
- Parshley: no
- Paul: no
- Penner: yes
- Peterson: no
- Pollet: no
- Ramel: no
- Reed: no
- Reeves: no
- Richards: no
- Rude: yes
- Rule: no
- Ryu: no
- Salahuddin: no
- Santos: no
- Schmick: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Scott: no
- Shavers: no
- Simmons: no
- Springer: no
- Stearns: no
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: yes
- Stonier: no
- Street: no
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: no
- Thai: no
- Tharinger: no
- Thomas: no
- Timmons: no
- Valdez: yes
- Volz: yes
- Walen: no
- Walsh: yes
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: no
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: no
COM Education Striker (#14)
2025-04-14 · pass · 92-3
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: yes
- Abell: yes
- Barkis: yes
- Barnard: yes
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: yes
- Berry: yes
- Bronoske: yes
- Burnett: yes
- Callan: yes
- Chase: yes
- Connors: yes
- Corry: yes
- Cortes: yes
- Couture: yes
- Davis: yes
- Dent: yes
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: no
- Dye: yes
- Engell: yes
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: yes
- Farivar: yes
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: yes
- Fosse: yes
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: yes
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: yes
- Hackney: other
- Hill: yes
- Hunt: yes
- Jacobsen: yes
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: yes
- Klicker: yes
- Kloba: other
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: yes
- Low: yes
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: yes
- Marshall: yes
- McClintock: yes
- McEntire: no
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: other
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: yes
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: yes
- Ormsby: yes
- Ortiz-Self: yes
- Parshley: yes
- Paul: yes
- Penner: yes
- Peterson: yes
- Pollet: yes
- Ramel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: yes
- Rude: yes
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: yes
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: yes
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Volz: yes
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: no
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: yes
Demand the Previous Question (#17)
2025-04-14 · pass · 57-38
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: no
- Abell: no
- Barkis: no
- Barnard: no
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: yes
- Berry: yes
- Bronoske: yes
- Burnett: no
- Callan: yes
- Chase: no
- Connors: no
- Corry: no
- Cortes: yes
- Couture: no
- Davis: yes
- Dent: no
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: no
- Dye: no
- Engell: no
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: no
- Farivar: yes
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: yes
- Fosse: yes
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: no
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: no
- Hackney: other
- Hill: yes
- Hunt: yes
- Jacobsen: no
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: no
- Klicker: no
- Kloba: other
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: no
- Low: no
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: no
- Marshall: no
- McClintock: no
- McEntire: no
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: other
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: yes
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: no
- Ormsby: yes
- Ortiz-Self: yes
- Parshley: yes
- Paul: yes
- Penner: no
- Peterson: yes
- Pollet: yes
- Ramel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: yes
- Rude: no
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: yes
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: no
- Schmidt: no
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: no
- Stokesbary: no
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: no
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: no
- Volz: no
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: no
- Waters: no
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: no
- Zahn: yes
Motion to Place Measure on Final Passage as Amended by the House (#15)
2025-04-14 · pass · 57-38
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: no
- Abell: no
- Barkis: no
- Barnard: no
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: yes
- Berry: yes
- Bronoske: yes
- Burnett: no
- Callan: yes
- Chase: no
- Connors: no
- Corry: no
- Cortes: yes
- Couture: no
- Davis: yes
- Dent: no
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: no
- Dye: no
- Engell: no
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: no
- Farivar: yes
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: yes
- Fosse: yes
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: no
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: no
- Hackney: other
- Hill: yes
- Hunt: yes
- Jacobsen: no
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: no
- Klicker: no
- Kloba: other
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: no
- Low: no
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: no
- Marshall: no
- McClintock: no
- McEntire: no
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: other
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: yes
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: no
- Ormsby: yes
- Ortiz-Self: yes
- Parshley: yes
- Paul: yes
- Penner: no
- Peterson: yes
- Pollet: yes
- Ramel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: yes
- Rude: no
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: yes
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: no
- Schmidt: no
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: no
- Stokesbary: no
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: no
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: no
- Volz: no
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: no
- Waters: no
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: no
- Zahn: yes
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#18)
2025-04-14 · pass · 56-39
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: no
- Abell: no
- Barkis: no
- Barnard: no
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: yes
- Berry: yes
- Bronoske: yes
- Burnett: no
- Callan: yes
- Chase: no
- Connors: no
- Corry: no
- Cortes: yes
- Couture: no
- Davis: yes
- Dent: no
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: no
- Dye: no
- Engell: no
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: no
- Farivar: yes
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: yes
- Fosse: yes
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: no
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: no
- Hackney: other
- Hill: yes
- Hunt: yes
- Jacobsen: no
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: no
- Klicker: no
- Kloba: other
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: no
- Low: no
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: no
- Marshall: no
- McClintock: no
- McEntire: no
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: other
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: yes
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: no
- Ormsby: yes
- Ortiz-Self: yes
- Parshley: yes
- Paul: yes
- Penner: no
- Peterson: yes
- Pollet: yes
- Ramel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: no
- Rude: no
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: yes
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: no
- Schmidt: no
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: no
- Stokesbary: no
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: no
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: no
- Volz: no
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: no
- Waters: no
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: no
- Zahn: yes
Demand the Previous Question (#16)
2025-04-14 · pass · 57-38
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: no
- Abell: no
- Barkis: no
- Barnard: no
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: yes
- Berry: yes
- Bronoske: yes
- Burnett: no
- Callan: yes
- Chase: no
- Connors: no
- Corry: no
- Cortes: yes
- Couture: no
- Davis: yes
- Dent: no
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: no
- Dye: no
- Engell: no
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: no
- Farivar: yes
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: yes
- Fosse: yes
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: no
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: no
- Hackney: other
- Hill: yes
- Hunt: yes
- Jacobsen: no
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: no
- Klicker: no
- Kloba: other
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: no
- Low: no
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: no
- Marshall: no
- McClintock: no
- McEntire: no
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: other
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: yes
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: no
- Ormsby: yes
- Ortiz-Self: yes
- Parshley: yes
- Paul: yes
- Penner: no
- Peterson: yes
- Pollet: yes
- Ramel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: yes
- Rude: no
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: yes
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: no
- Schmidt: no
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: no
- Stokesbary: no
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: no
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: no
- Volz: no
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: no
- Waters: no
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: no
- Zahn: yes
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